Only one thing stands between you and your dream

Only one thing stands between you and the beautiful fulfillment that is your true destiny. It’s the toxic belief, inhaled from the very atmosphere around you when you were a child, that you are somehow flawed and imperfect.

The world got its hooks into you at an early age, a very early age, and there was nothing you could do about it. You were just a child, for heaven’s sake. There was nothing you could do to protect yourself from this monstrous lie. There was no way you could sort out for yourself what was true and what wasn’t true.

The sense of greatness that was with you when you first arrived on planet earth began to fade. You succumbed to the insidious notion that you are "merely human," and nothing you do is quite good enough.

An entire culture -- an entire way of living, or perhaps I should say dying -- has been constructed out of this perverted notion that we are somehow irretrievably flawed.

But here’s the good news.

Who you truly are, and who I truly am, is not flawed in any way. You are pristine. The masterpiece that you are is untouched by any of the misadventures or craziness of your life and waits now to be revealed.

But I’ve learned a wonderful lesson. Life really isn’t too troubled by these strong feelings that arise in me or in you from time to time, sometimes “pleasant,” sometimes “not pleasant.”

Of course, it is necessary sometimes to change my mind about something, but that’s okay. It adds to the fun. As I move along in my 80s, I know of no more encouraging truth than this. The sense of greatness and boundless destiny we may have glimpsed for a moment when we were young is with us still.

It is who we truly are. It is the unconquerable love of our own being and it cries out to be expressed through us in each moment.

You are a being of light, with a unique dream to fulfill and a unique gift to give.

I’d love to hear any thoughts you may have on this post. I send you love and greetings and I hope all goes very well for you. Take care.

Dear Chris,
You touched on exactly what I needed to hear this morning. I too react quickly at times and then punish myself dearly for it. Your message sent me to a new place. Forgiveness and get on with your precious life. God holds no grudges. The part about being conditioned by our past…a major cleansing just occurred. I just let go of a very old stuck belief that I needed to be punished for being bad just up and left as I was reading your amazing message. Thank you for sharing your living experience and inspiring us to rise up! We are pristine! Let the adventure unfold! Thank you so much.
Much love to you dear friend.
Nadeja

Nadeja, what a gorgeous comment. Thank you for sharing. I love what you say about God holding no grudges. So happy to share with you the freedom that comes when we too release our judgments. It’s wonderful to share this living adventure with you. Blessings and love. Yes. Let the adventure unfold!

Thank you Christopher for this very beautiful post. This is my first time at your blog and I feel happy that I have discovered this treasure. i look forward to many wonderful weeks and months of your fabulous writing. 🙂

I currently live in India and I landed at your blog quite miraculously. I do not really know how I got here. Your blog name came up on some site (I was passively browsing) and something that I cannot pin down made me go there.
Thank you for your delicious writing, I can foresee many hours of pleasurable reading.

Oh what a wonderful post Chris! I STILL remember those glimpses of greatness as a little child. Even when the rigid mandates of a religion forced upon me could not destroy the awareness that “I am awesome as I am!” Did it dampen that spirit, yes. Did it try to drill into my little brain that we are born sinners? Yes. But amazingly, as I look back, I never really bought into it.

I recall as a nine year-old I knew I was capable of anything; and that included being a writer, a lumberjack, a singer and a farmer;-) Two out of four is not bad. I haven’t given up on the farming, but have modified it to gardener.

Meanwhile, as a grandmother, it is one of my deepest joys to see the same light shining in my three grandchildren. They know they are the recipients AND givers of unconquerable love and their boundless destiny is expressed in small but miraculous ways daily. I watch them in wonder, and remind them how precious and unique their gifts are, and the world is a better place with them in it. Thank you again Chris for a thought provoking reminder of who we really are! Love to you and your lovely wife.

Your words and spirit are a great blessing to me Maureen. Thank you so much for your comment. I loved sharing your memories of the sense of unlimited potential you felt as a child. And I delight deeply in your evocation of the beautiful indestructible light that you see in your grandchildren, and that is the truth of each one of us.

Be strong and be well Maureen. Blessings and love to you on your journey.

Hi Chris, I always love your posts but this one was so special that it made me cry, so I sent it on to a lot of other people who all have said they had the same response and thanked me for sending it on to them…….the truth of it just hits one right in the heart which is the place of true Being and in that place it is known…….. so thank you again for all you offer us, you are just sooooo special and an example to us all…Bless You.

Denise, I want you to know what a blessing you have sent my way with your kind words. I read your comment aloud to my wife, along with other comments to this post, and said, “It makes it all worthwhile.” And it’s the truth. We need each other, don’t we? We’re all in this together and we need each other. Love and blessings to you. Be well.

Hi Christopher,
A friend shared this post with me and I wanted to thank you for it.
Here is a beautiful buddhist mantra: Om Svabhava Shuddha, Sarva Dharma Svabhava Shuddho Ham. It means, “Absolutely everything, including you, arises out of fundamental purity.” It expresses this same notion that we are unflawed, really perfect, right from the start.
With love for us all,
Dahlia

Thank you Christopher for this lovely inspiring post. This is my second time at your blog and each time I feel a great mesmerizing effect after going through your writings. Take care & I’m very much looking forward to your next post!
Best regards,
Jack

I love this quote in your post!
“The sense of greatness and boundless destiny we may have glimpsed for a moment when we were young is with us still.”
This is easy to forget sometimes when there are so many things in the world that can bring our self esteem down and distract us from our true dreams.Shawn recently posted..Are binaural beats safe?

Unfortunately a lot of people are lost and have difficulties to get in touch with there true selves. Poisoning their mind starts from the moment they are born, first by the parents who does’t give enough space for the children to be what they want to be, and by the society which always wants more and more.
Thanks for inspiring thoughts
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